Located about 16,000 light-years from Earth, the newly discovered red giant star is designated SPLUS J210428.01−004934.2 (SPLUS J2104−0049). At a distance of about 16,000 light-years from Earth, astronomers have detected a new ultra-metal-poor (UMP) star. The star was discovered as part of the Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS). This…